That much is certain. Beyond it, the documentary record is, for now, almost entirely silent, which gives the site an unusual quality: it is officially recognised, formally catalogued, and yet largely undescribed in any publicly available form.

The name Moynoe derives from the Irish Maigh Nua, meaning something close to "new plain", though the ecclesiastical remains there are unlikely to be new in any meaningful sense. Early churches in Clare were often simple structures, sometimes little more than a single rectangular cell of dry-laid or mortared stone, associated with a local saint's cult or a medieval parish network that has since reorganised entirely around different focal points. Without surviving documentation for this particular site, it is not possible to say who founded it, when it fell out of use, or what physical fabric remains above ground.